Microsoft Security Essentials

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Take a look here for more details on Microsoft Corporation. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client folder. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 971.85 KB (995176 bytes) on disk and is titled msseces.exe.

The executables below are part of Microsoft Security Essentials. They occupy about 2.87 MB (3007464 bytes) on disk.

• MpCmdRun.exe (305.19 KB)
• MsMpEng.exe (21.69 KB)
• msseces.exe (971.85 KB)
• setup.exe (819.13 KB)

This info is about Microsoft Security Essentials version 4.3.219.0 only. For other Microsoft Security Essentials versions please click below:

• 4.6.305.0
• 4.4.304.0
• 4.5.216.0
• 4.3.215.0
• 4.1.522.0
• 1.0.2498.0
• 2.1.1116.0
• 2.0.657.0
• 4.0.1526.0
• 4.3.216.0
• 2.0.719.0
• 4.2.223.1
• 4.0.1538.0
• 1.0.1961.0
• 1.0.1759.0
• 4.0.1111.0
• 1.0.1611.0
• 1.0.1963.0
• 4.7.205.0
• 4.8.201.0
• 2.0.375.0
• 1.0.1500.0
• 4.5
• 1.0.1959.0
• 4.8.204.0
• 4.0.1512.0
• 1.0.1407.0
• 4.0
• 2.0.522.0
• 4.9.218.0
• 1.0.1501.0
• 4.5.218.0
• 4.10.205.0
• 4.10.209.0
• 1.0.2140.0
• 4.0.1110.0

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Microsoft Security Essentials has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\en-us\EULA.RTF
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\en-us\setupres.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\EppManifest.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\setupres.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\dw20shared.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\epp.msi
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\LegitLib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\sqmapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\Windows6.0-KB981889-v2.msu
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Backup\x86\Windows6.1-KB981889.msu
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\DbgHelp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\mpfilter\mpfilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.cat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.inf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.man
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\NisDrv\NisDrvWFP.sys
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\EULA.RTF
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\MpAsDesc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\mpevmsg.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\MsMpRes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\msseooberes.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\setupres.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\en-us\shellext.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\EppManifest.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpAsDesc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpCmdRun.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpCommu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\mpevmsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpOAv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpRTP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MpSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MSESysprep.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpCom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpEng.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpLics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsMpRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseoobe.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseooberes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\MsseWat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisIpsPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisLog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisSrv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\NisWFP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SetupRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\shellext.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SqmApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SymSrv.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\SymSrv.yes

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Drivers\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MsMpSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NisSrv\ImagePath

How to erase Microsoft Security Essentials from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Security Essentials is an application offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Some people decide to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution to erase Microsoft Security Essentials is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Microsoft Security Essentials or simply click the Search field and type in "Microsoft Security Essentials". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Security Essentials program will be found automatically. When you select Microsoft Security Essentials in the list , some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Security Essentials, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Security Essentials that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Security Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Microsoft Security Essentials supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.